Pope John XIV

Pope John XIV (912-20 August 984) was Pope from 983 to 984, succeeding Pope Benedict VII and preceding Pope John XV.

Biography
Pietro Canepanova was born in Pavia in 912, and in 983 Otto II of Germany had him elected as pope. He took on the name "John" to avoid being regarded as a replacement of Saint Peter. Otto died shortly after John was elected and the young Otto III of Germany was unable to protect John from Antipope Boniface VII, and John was imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he died of poison.